The Sources of the Nile: Being a General Survey of the Basin of that River, and of Its Head-streams; with the History of the Nilotic DiscoveryJ. Madden, 1860 - 155 sayfa "Thirteen years have elapsed since I wrote a Paper "On the Nile and Tributaries," which was read before the Royal Geographical Society of London on the 28th December, 1846, and 11th January, 1847, and was printed in the seventeenth volume of the Society's Journal." --Preface. |
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Abai Abessinia Arabian Arabic Artemidorus Assuan Astaboras Astapus Astasobas Atbara Axum Axumites Bahr-el-Abyad Bahr-el-Azrek Bahr-el-Ghazal basin Beke Bialloblotzky Blue River called Captain century Claudius Ptolemy coast of Africa consequence continent d'Abbadie Damot Dedhesa direction Ditto east coast East longitude Eastern Africa Egypt Egyptian elevation English feet explored feet per mile flowing Galla geographical miles Godjeb Gondókoro Greek Hawash head-streams Herodotus Indian Ocean inhabitants interior island journey Kaffa Khartúm khor Khor-el-Gash king knowledge known lake latter main stream Mareb means Meroë Missionaries Moezi Mohammed Moon native North latitude Nyanza opinion Pasha peninsula of Gódjam portion Portuguese Ptolemy's Ras Assease Red Sea regarded regions respecting Rhapta Royal Geographical Society Rüppell Russegger Sawáhili Shoa snowy mountains Sobat sources Southern Abessinia Strabo table-land Tacuy Tákkazye Tanganyika traveller tributaries Tubiri upper course Upper Nile valley Wadi Halfa water-parting waters Werne western westward White River Zanzibar
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Sayfa 132 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Sayfa iv - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there anything whereof it may be said, "See, this is new"? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Sayfa 63 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Sayfa 111 - Nile truly has its origin in the first lake, which is in 12 deg. south latitude ; and it runs four hundred miles due north, and enters another very large lake, which is called by the natives a sea, because it is two hundred and twenty miles in extent, and it lies under the equator.
Sayfa x - For, when the narrow belt of low land along the coast of the Indian Ocean — which from its general dryness, arising from the absence of large rivers, is far from unhealthy at most seasons of the year — is once passed and the eastern edge of the elevated table-land is attained, a climate is met with which is not merely congenial to European constitutions, but is absolutely more healthy than that of most countries.
Sayfa 132 - ... Geographische Jahrbücher."] On the Countries south of Abyssinia. (Extracted from the London Geographical Journal, vol. 13.) [London, 1843.] 8°. An Essay on the Nile and its Tributaries. With map. (Reprinted from the Journal of the Geographical Society, xvn.) London (Allen), 1847. 8° An Essay on the Sources of the Nile in the Mountains of the Moon. With map. pp. 33. (Reprinted from the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 1848, vol. xiv. pp. 221-251.) Edinburgh, 1848. 8°.
Sayfa 146 - Sennár and Egypt. Notice any branches joining the main stream, and ascertain, as far as practicable, their length and direction. Note the bearings and distances of the journey ; observe the latitude; make meteorological observations; and determine the elevation of the land by means of both the thermometrical and the aneroid barometer ; which instruments, together with a sextant and artificial horizon, azimuth compass, hygrometer, and others, are furnished for use. Record carefully all observations...
Sayfa 146 - ... that extensive tract of Africa which drains towards Egypt; and visit, if possible, the sources of the principal streams which unite to form that river. Obtain information respecting the great lake, said to exist in the interior near the parallel in which the traveller will then be. Having explored the head-streams of the Nile, proceed further westwards across the continent, should facilities present themselves for so doing: if not, trace the course of the river downwards to Sennár and Egypt.
Sayfa 139 - ... and which I am certain flowed out of the lake ; for, although I did not venture on it, in consequence of its banks being occupied by desperately savage negroes, inimical to all strangers, I went so near its outlet that I could see and feel the outward drift of the water."— (Blackwood, Sept., 1859, and ' What led to the Discovery of the Sources of the Nile?
Sayfa 136 - W. iy2 month. In standing on the banks of the lake it can be seen across, in the same manner as from Zanzibar to the main (which is 4 English miles). Several islands were observable in it. On leaving the African coast we travelled in a direction for the first month about two points S. of where the sun sets, and afterwards continued to travel exactly in the direction of the setting sun. The river called Magrazie takes its origin...